Virtual Interviews—Tips for Managers and Candidates A variety of circumstances drive managers in the direction of the virtual interview: When the team members that will be involved in the hiring decision are distributed across the country (or the world), When one of the team members is taking a vacation (well…a working vacation), When the cost […]
What is Design Thinking? To put it simply, design thinking is a solution-based approach for solving difficult problems. Design thinking is an iterative process to understand the user, challenge your assumptions, and redefine problems in an attempt to identify alternative solutions that might not be obvious with our first look at the problem. The core of […]
Top 5 Tips for Selecting a Custom Software Development Company Are you looking to hire a Software Development Company to build your next great software project? If you are non-technical, or unfamiliar with software development, that can be a daunting task. How do you even vet a company? All companies will tell you they can […]
Top 5 Tips for Selecting the Right Technical Staffing Company So, you want to select a technical staffing and recruiting company. What criteria should you use to make your selection? Here are our top 5, listed in countdown format. Because it’s more fun that way. Number 5: Ensure your agency can offer both staffing and […]
The Right and Wrong Ways to Leave Your Current Position January is traditionally the time of making New Year’s Resolutions. And for many people, that resolution is to find a new job. As recruiters, we’re all about helping people get themselves into a role that’s a better fit for them. Better can be a lot […]
Have You Been Naughty or Nice at Work This Year? Just like Santa is busy checking his list to see who has been naughty or nice, now is the perfect time to review your career over the last year and list out where you've been naughty and nice. Well, maybe not "naughty" and "nice," but, […]
Handling Difficult Interview Questions During Your Software Job Search We've all heard the advice to be prepared for any interview question that comes your way—but let's be honest, we can't think through every question that could be asked. That said, we should at least give some thought to the questions that are likely to come […]
Modern JavaScript TypeScript How far we’ve come! Back in the day, JavaScript was the nightmare language that no one wanted to use—partly due to its quirks and mostly due to terrible competing browser ecosystems. It got better with JQuery, which fixed the latter problem by making it easier to access the browser's DOM in a […]
My Wife's Strange Habit Early into my marriage, I noticed that my wife had an unusual habit. Whenever we received a gift, had been a guest at another’s home, etc., she would send a “thank you” card. I took particular notice that she would even send one after a job interview. I thought it a […]
Stout Systems Development, recognized as one of the top Custom Software Development Firms of 2019, is pleased to announce its upcoming seminars on conducting a software health check-up targeted to help business owners improve their software planning.